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Previously Unknown 210-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Species Uncovered in Zimbabwe

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Misty Layne
Previously Unknown 210-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Species Uncovered in Zimbabwe
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Researchers have identified a new 210-million-year-old dinosaur species, Musango matusadonaensis, from fossils discovered in Zimbabwe. The discovery suggests that southern Africa hosted diverse ecosystems during the Late Triassic period, rather than a uniform environment.

Save us as a preferred source in Google Share Share Share New dino alert! Researchers discovered a set of fossilized leg bones on the shore of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, which proved to be a previously unknown dinosaur. Although researchers uncovered the fossils in 2018, the species has only now been formally described.

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